The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, June 9, 2014. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy City Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.

The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, May 12, 2014. The meeting will be held in the Italy City Hall Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy. The meeting is slated for 6:00pm.

On Saturday, May 10, 2014 Italy will have the elections for school board seats as well as city council seats. Milford will have a city council election as well as mayoral election. Early voting will begin on Monday, April 28. For our readers convenience we have compiled a list of locations, dates and times for early voting as well as election day voting.

If you have been concerned about the tone of the current political atmosphere in Italy, Steven Farmer and Paul Cockerham would like to invite you to voice your concerns this Saturday (April 26) from 11am to 1pm at the Italy Pavilion Downtown. Free hot dogs and drinks will be provided. Steven and Paul are both running for City Council and need your input and support to help make Italy a better place to live and raise our kids.

I would encourage everyone that is interested to watch the video from the last council meeting. You will see that the City Council stated that Department Heads have operational control of their departments. In the case of the Police Department, the Chief has operational control which includes determining who is on the wrecker rotation. The only business discussed was wrecker service for the Police Department when they needed a vehicle towed.

In the regular meeting Monday night, the Italy City Council voted to purchase equipment for the Public Works Department to use for street repairs. They also approved a Resolution to borrow the money for the equipment from Government Capital.

Hello, my name is Franky Jackson, lifelong resident of Italy, and graduate of Italy High School. I also attended Hill College in Hillsboro. I have served 8 years as a council member and 14 years as mayor. I attended 11 meetings out of twelve.

The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, April 14, 2014. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Council Chambers located at 105 West Main Street, Italy.

Kate and I have lived in Italy since 1992 when I retired from the U.S. Army. We have 3 sons; Harvey and his wife Jenny reside in Pearland; Joshua and Amber reside in Italy with Reagan, Tatum and Mia; Jordon and Jennifer reside in Waxahachie with Maddox and Liam. I have been a Special Education teacher since 1996 in the Desoto and Itasca school districts. I am currently the DAEP teacher for Itasca ISD.

On Monday night approximately 30 citizens of the Italy community met at the Italy Community Center to ask questions of council candidates. Paul Cockerham, John Droll, Steven Farmer and Pete Hinohosa were given an opportunity to let the citizens know why they were running for the council and give their views on city issues. Incumbents Frank Jackson and Dennis Perkins, Jr. are running for reelection but did not attend.

Our community has been hurting for some time now and I think we need new leadership to help bring this town back to what it once was. I personally am running because I want to be a voice for the community. If elected I promise there will be no personal agendas and there will be more transparency.

On Monday, April 7, 2014, there will be a question and answer session for the 2014 Italy City Council Candidates. The event will begin at 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy Boze Community Center at 161 W. Main Street, Italy.

In the city council meeting the citizens spoke openly with Mayor James Hobbs and the council members expressing their opinions regarding the purchase of street and water equipment. Jimmie Hyles addressed the chug holes and the cost of the equipment to repair the matter.

The Italy City Council will have a special called meeting on Monday, March 17, 2014 in the Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm. The agenda includes three agenda items requested by the mayor to readdress the two resolutions and one ordinance that was voted on at last week’s meeting along with two other agenda items.

Drama continues at city hall as the mayor and the council continue to resist each other. After the mayor declared that some of the “motions were not proper” the council disagreed and actually voted to go into executive session while the mayor continued on with the next items. Once the council had moved out of the chambers the city attorney had to stop the mayor by telling him that there was no quorum. After a long closed session, the council quickly approved all of the remaining items, including the ones restoring Dean Carrell and Teri Murdock.

The Italy City Council met on Thursday night in a work session to discuss changes to several city policies and ordinances. Mayor James Hobbs, Ed Voss, City Attorney, and several department heads were also in attendance.

The Italy City Council will have a special meeting on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. The meeting will be held in the Italy City Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm.

The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, December 9, 2013. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers of the Italy Municipal Building at 105 West Main Street, Italy.

The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, November 11, 2013. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm. In conjunction with this meeting, there will also be a public hearing regarding a financing by the Italy Higher Education Facilities Corporation. The meeting and hearing will be held in the Italy City Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy, Texas.

The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, October 14, 2013. In addition to the monthly meeting, there will also be a Proclamation Reception recognizing the Italy Youth Athletic Association’s volunteer of the year. Agendas for both the meeting and reception is attached.

The Italy City Council will have a public hearing and called meeting on Thursday, September 19, 2013. Meeting time is 6:00pm at the Italy City Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy, Texas. Budget approval is the primary focus of this called meeting.

The Italy City Council will have their regular monthly meeting on Monday, September 9, 2013. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm and will be held in the Italy City Hall Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy. The three page agenda is attached.

As publisher of the Italy Neotribune I have watched, generally from afar, the operation of the City Government of Italy. It has been a wonder to behold. We have a new mayor that would like to make some changes. Changes are always tough and he is getting a lot of push back. Obviously being Mayor is new to him and he is making many people in the administration upset. There is often two sides to most questions and here are some of my observations.

The Italy City Council has a Budget Work Session scheduled for Thursday, September 5, 2013. Meeting time is slated for 6:00pm. The meeting will be held in the Italy Council Chambers at 105 West Main Street, Italy.

For those of you in the city of Italy and surrounding areas, Monolithic always welcomes donated medical equipment and is currently in need of all types of wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, etc. The donated items are distributed as a FREE service to those in need.

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Little known fact…Milford is the home of a backyard upholstery shop owned by Mr. Clarence Snell. Clarence recently recovered chairs for the offices at Monolithic and the staff couldn’t be happier with the results.

If you are need of a place to set up an office for you to have a business atmosphere and ample room to conduct your business, you are in luck. There is office space available at 177 Dome Park Place, Italy, Texas with easy access to I-35E.

Love’s Travel Stop at the intersection of 35E and Dale Evans Drive in Italy will sponsor a Benefit Garage Sale for the Children’s Miracle Network. Sale will be Saturday, September 30th beginning at 7am.